The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1887-12-02
STATE TEMPERANCE ALLIANCE
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(OyegeHiaH)
Yesterday morning the State Temper.
ance Alliance, pursuant 10 call, met At the
First Presbyterian church. Pref. g. NJ.
Miller, President, called the alliance to or.
der. Rev. O. u. Whlimore, of Astoria,
offered ierysnt prayer J..E. Knox, Of
Linn county, was elected Secretary. The
address Of welcome, by Rev 4. e. clapp,
was delivered with spirit and enthusiast
cally received. Judge Baker,of La Grande,
responded.
The committee on credentials reported
80 delegates present Many came In
afterwards.
Mr. Wallis Nash moved the following
resolutions, which were unanimously
adopted.
Resoipsd, That the thanks OF the Oregon
State Temperance Alliance arc due TO all
the earnest workers who have striyen in
various capacities TO secure the passage oil
the constitutional prohibitory amendment
and,
First, To the ministers Of religion who
have seen clearly that the saloon stands n
deadly opposition to the spiritual interests
of their people.
Second, To those editors OF the Oregon
local press who have not only opened the
columns Of their papers bat have person
ally, by their articles. proved their inde-
pendenee OF the influence and opposition
of The OregeHiaH, and have afforded the
friends Of constitutional prohibition the
chance Of that free and unbiased appeal tc
the people which was denied them by the
daily papers Of Portland.
Third, To friends from other states who
fearlesaly brought strong arguments and
bore testimony as to the beneficent results
Of constitutional prohibition, and among
those Mrs. Mary r. Lathrap, OF Michigan
and Col. A. b. Campbell, Of Kansas, musi
receive special mention.
The State Temperance Alliance desIr,
TO record their public protss. against tn.
language applied b. The Oyegoaiaa se
these distinguished visitors. and assur.
them that the large majority Of the people
OF Oregon feel deep gratitude for their az.
slstance in the struggle just passed, and al
50 especially thank Mrs. Shelton, Prof
Rock, Col. Wood and Messrs. Hughes and
Ward.
AT the afternoon session Rev. Mr.Aehe
son offered prayer. The Presidents sd
dress took strong ground against the con
duct OF the antI,amendment people In ths
late campaign, especially some Of the pa
pers and the political leaders.and express
ed the belief that the alliance. composed o.
persons Of all parties, would have to hane
over the political fight to party pledges
to prohibition. The address was orderes
printed according to the custom Of the al
lance with such documents.
Mr.. ]. L. Knox, OF Linn county. wa
elected Secretary. vice II. S. Strange, re
signed.
The committee Of resolutions presented
the following, which were adopted afte
an animated discussion.
Resoised, That this alliance consider
the grand total OF about 10000 votes eas
In iayer Of constitutional prohibition. Ii
the face OF the bitterest opposition of tn
whisky power and Of its many adherents
ss the most marked recognition Of boti
the duty and the purpose Of the people o
Oregon to abate the pTetensions and cur
rail the power OF the saloon In politics.
Resofted, That We favor whatever pollt
teal action viii secure undoubied restric
tive and pEohibisory legislation OF the II
quor traffic, such as statutory prohibition
local option by counties, allowing also va
men to vote on that question ~ In the Kan
sas municipalities early closing of ss
looms, closing them on Sundays and elec
ton days, prohibiting the sale Of liquors 1
minors, s,drunkards and intoxicated persons
removing all obstructions to viewing tn
sale of liquors always providing that W
are clearly understood to oppose all licen
sing of the selling Of Intoxicating IIquo
a. beverage, as being a moral wrong.
Resolved, That we acknowledge, as pow
srful agencies creating the strong prohI
bition sentimentthe long continued mora
suasion work Of the home, the church, tn
various temperance societies,the distribu
tion of literature, lecture work and othe
educational influences, and we will con
tiane to work along these lines and urg
n
the enforcement Of the law(with sufficIen
penalty Tor non-eniorcement) for sclentif
instruction in the pablic schools on alco
hol and nsrcoticsin order to mold the sen
timent Of the rising generation.
Resofvqd That, In order to accomplish
one of the great objects for which tn,
Temperance people of Oregon are work
ing, namely, the abolishing OF the saloon
that II Is the seAse of the alliance that such
object can be soonest and most effectuaIl,
accomplished by cordial and united ef
fort of all temperance workers with an in
dependent political party free from all en-
tangling alliances with the liquor interests
ResOlDed, That to make successful tenn
perance fight we must financially support
temperance papers that will feirIy and full,
represent our side Of the question and Civ.
the temperance news. And this applies
particularly to a good prohibition ane
temperance newspaper for our own state
Of Oregon.
RssOived, That we favor new registry
law to prevent frauds at elections.
The initiative was taken for a compan, /,
with capital of $aS,ooo for publishing II
Portland prohibition, family and genera
paper the size of The Weekly Orsgoaiau
Adjourned till evening, when Rev. o. B
Whitmore, Wallis Nash and Mrs. Shelton
spoke to an appreciative audience.